Evercade The Bitmap Bros Collection 2 - Another Excellent Collection BUT NO Amiga Speedball 2!

[@jasonshiers5771]

Really enjoying Gods , cheers for the long play of Cadaver i loaded it up and had no idea what i was doing , i'll give this a proper go tonight 👍

[@davidwatts8578]

I thought this was a great collection, Funstock sent it to me early and I’ve really enjoyed playing gods and magic pockets as I’ve a lot of nostalgia for those games . This for me is exactly what evercade should be about.

[@craigwilliamson6344]

Best Birthday present, to get this review. Hoping to get a copy soon

[@scootakuh3142]

I absolutely love this cartridge. The standout for me is Magic Pockets for sure. I never thought I'd see the day when I'd be able to play it officially outside of the Amiga so I'm over the moon. Also great to see Chaos Engine 2 get some love. The only games I probably won't play are Cadaver and Cadaver: The Payoff. I never liked them back in the day, and I still don't like them now. Still, this is one of my favourite carts so far. Brilliant stuff.

[@jayme69]

I really thought it was a no-brainer to add either the Amiga version of Speedball 2 or even Xenon 2 as a bonus unlock. Missed opportunity by Blaze and gives many people less of a reason to pick this one up. Especially if they already have an A500 mini. Keep up the awesome work!

[@CrazyBurger]

@@jayme69 Definitely odd. I'm wondering if it's licensing. Maybe it'll appear one day.

[@supersiamesisk]

I would love to see Uridium 2 on a Bitmap Bros Collection 3.

[@mythias]

Cadaver looks like the same type game as The Immortal. I love The Immortal and like it, seems having a manual would make a big difference in playing it and enjoyment if it too includes a lot that helps to know.

[@CrazyBurger]

Yeah similarity to immortal. Arguably better though.

[@justme_7145]

I think I'm in a tiny minority because I was never a huge fan of the Bitmaps. Gods (which I do own on XBox), maybe...but I don't know, there was just something about their games that I couldn't get on with. It looks like a solid collection though, but I personally am more looking forward to a Team 17 part 2....because surely they cannot exclude Superfrog for a second time😋. Oh, and Toaplan #3 (which I've already preordered).

[@JohnnyProctor9]

I missed out on the pre-order of this one, so I'll probably order it along with Data East Arcade 2 and Indie Heroes 4 to save on shipping...

[@willrobinson7599]

Deff missed the target not adding speedball 2 and xenon 2 amiga version onto this . I forgot to order but be ordering asap

[@DMilan-80]

GODS! so good

[@CrazyBurger]

Yeah and tough.. cant beat the first boss yet..

[@DMilan-80]

@@CrazyBurger GODS Level 🤭

[@MIKandJEAN]

I lost interest in this cart because it had no bonus game which for me would of been Amiga Chaos Engine! But adding to that..., they went and ripped out the full motion video intro to the game Z! Ripping parts of a game out isn't game preservation, it just makes me say thank smuck I still have my Sega Saturn version even if each level takes over a minute to sodding load lol. Btw the intro was meant to play after a while from the main menu, the code is still there but no vid. 😂😂 Thanks for letting us know why the cart only has 5 save state slots tho Crazy! 👍 As Z has been tampered with, Magic Pockets for me is the highlight on the cart, I prefer GODS on Megadrive. Thanks Crazy!

[@CrazyBurger]

@@MIKandJEAN That's interesting regarding Z..

[@MIKandJEAN]

I just tried this cart on the original Evercade handheld while using hdmi out, I only tested Z, Magic Pockets & GODS. All looks fine via hdmi until you load a game, it refuses to display and instead reverts to the original Evercade screen where the games work. I put Team 17 cart in to make sure I wasn't going mad and all was perfect via hdmi. Very strange but the original Evercade won't display any of the 3 games I tested from Bitmap Bros Collection 2 via hdmi... Ummm.

[@CrazyBurger]

@@MIKandJEAN That's odd. Could be the cable. I always found this output dodgy.

[@jmatt781]

Since the Evercade now has Analog controller support, do you think that it'd be difficult for Blaze to provide the system with support for mouse control? It would be a great benefit, to be able to use a mouse for these computer collections, especially this cartridge, and those point and click Delphine Software titles. Not to mention whatever computer titles that Blaze decides to release in the future could possibly really benefit from using a mouse as well.

[@CrazyBurger]

Honestly if we were going to have mouse support it would've happened by now. I dont think it's in their plans

[@gaz-a-reno8891]

I’m finding too that the controls to these games make them more frustrating to play! Cadaver alone seems somewhat awkward to play. How do you use and deselect items?! 😤. Still a good selection of games, which perhaps need time devoting to them to get a grip of! 🤔😊

[@CrazyBurger]

@@gaz-a-reno8891 trying to deselect is definitely a pain.

[@bigjohnchannel7378]

Salve. Vorrei capire la situazione delle cassette che non ti funzionano più. Non ti funzionano dopo aggiornamenti installati oppure semplicemente da che funzionavano poi non ti funzionavano più?

[@CrazyBurger]

So 2 of my carts stopped working. Indie Heroes 3 and Team 17. Not entirely clear why. My evercade devices stop detecting them. Couldve been related to hot swapping. Or removing them whilst still in game. Possibly whatever I was doing caused an issue. Its still not completely clear.

[@bigjohnchannel7378]

​@@CrazyBurgerOk capito. Spengo sempre prima le consolle e poi cambio cassette. La vs quando la spegni aspetta una decina di secondi e poi procedi con il cambio cassette. Forse e' proprio quello il problema quindi se fai come ti ho scritto non dovrebbe più accadere.

[@zombos22222]

is there a attract mode in the game "gods" when not pressing start which shows some demo gameplay?

[@CrazyBurger]

@@zombos22222 Nope. No gameplay. Loops the intro. Then press a button and it'll loop the start menu.

[@simonwilliamson1979]

When was the last multicart unlockable game from Blaze? Ages ago. Sadly, I think the concept is dead for the Evercade now. Also, when was the last time a freebie was added to the package? Stickers/posters etc. Blaze are getting very stingy of late. 😔

[@CrazyBurger]

@@simonwilliamson1979 lol yep. Think the last one was c64 collection 3.

[@zombos22222]

clunky with dpad clunky with dpad, falls so often than blaze released the evercade alpha with a control stick! controlling 3dgames easier and also strategy and arcade ones fans: for who is this thing? blaze:.....for the clunkycommunity